THE GOD KING SCENARIO

In the 1950s, Immanuel
Velikovsky, a Russian phychologist
(1895-1979), wrote a book called ‘Worlds in Collision.' Although a
bestseller, Velikovsky's theories were rejected or ignored by the
academic community. Why was this?

Velikovsky stated that Venus was a
new planet recently born from Jupiter and that along with Mars,
Venus entered into encounters with Earth causing vast upheavals in
early history. These cosmic ‘wars' affected the lives, beliefs and
writings of early mankind.

Was Velikovsky correct in proposing recent upheaval in the Solar
System?

Did Mars and Venus cause global disturbances by coming close to
Earth only a few thousand years ago?

Followers of Velikovsky (catastrophists) believe this to be true and
science is slowly proving Velikovsky to be correct in a number of
areas. For example, it is now generally accepted that Mars was once
a planet very similar to Earth. Sometime in its past it suffered a
cataclysmic upheaval which led to its now frozen desolate state.

Although lacking a feasible explanation, planetary scientists
believe the demise of Mars occurred billions of years ago. On the
other hand, catastrophists believe Mars was torn apart only a few
thousand years ago. But how do we prove the Solar System is a
smoking gun?

Although Velikovsky's supporters contend that science has largely
been ignored, it will prove to be the ultimate judge and jury.
However, a more immediate problem which faces catastrophists is
mythology. In presenting a case for recent planetary chaos,
catastrophists invariably turn to ancient myths and legends. This is
unavoidable because, if such events occurred in historical times,
then logically ancient cultures would have recorded them. Herein
lies a major problem that has dogged catastrophists since
Velikovsky's time.

Presenting ancient tales as proof that errant planets recently
roamed the cosmos will never be accepted as valid evidence. There
are too many interpretations, variables and inconsistencies.
Mythology is a body of stories created by our ancestors to explain
the nature of the universe and their place in it. With this mindset,
it is not surprising that catastrophism has reached an impasse.

Is there a way forward?

Yes there is! As a fully fledged
catastrophist, I believe the solar system has undergone a radical
upheaval in the history of man and I intend to prove it. I will
start by giving a brief overview of cosmic chaos to establish where
these events were written down in history and not mythology.

Approximately 5,200 years ago (3200 BC), the solar system differed
considerably from today. The planets Venus and Mercury did not exist
and the Earth had no Moon. Mars was a lush green planet replete with
land masses, oceans and an atmosphere. Mars harboured abundant life
(intelligent life, but that's another story!) and was a replica of
Earth, only half the size.

Cosmic chaos began when a giant interloper entered our solar system
and smashed into Jupiter, the largest planet. It caused an
apocalyptic explosion which resulted in the birth of Venus and
unimaginable quantities of space debris. Among the debris was a
small body which became our Moon.

The evidence for the initial cataclysmic explosion is still with us
today in the form of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (erroneously believed
to be a raging storm) and the Asteroid belt which is a rocky band of
debris between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Shortly after its cataclysmic birth, Venus disturbed Mars from its
stable orbit and they both took on highly erratic and elliptical
orbits close to and in the vicinity of Earth's orbit. This led to
hundreds of encounters with Earth in a ‘celestial dance' which
lasted 3,000 years. It became a perennial cycle of death and rebirth
as Mars and Venus moved back and forth to Earth.

After approximately 2,000 years of encounters with Earth, the huge
gravitational and electromagnetic forces exerted upon Mars caused a
momentous event. The tidal forces of Earth and Venus combined and
tore out the heart of Mars. Its solid iron core, its working dynamo,
was sucked out to become the planet known as Mercury (Egyptian Aten).
A second ‘glorious sun-disk of all lands' was born!

The evidence for the genesis of Mercury is still visible today in
the form of the Valles Marineris. This is an enormous scar on the
surface of Mars with a length approximately the same diameter as
Mercury. Surely this is no coincidence!

After its birth, Mercury joined Mars and Venus in their celestial
encounters with Earth. For 700 to 800 years they were granted ‘life'
as they approached Earth, only to ‘die' as they moved away to
become gigantic stars in the Kingdom of Osiris.

Amidst this cosmic melee, the Moon, assisted by Mars and Venus was
slowly pulled into orbit around the Earth. Its erratic orbit settled
into its recognisable 28 ½ day monthly cycle in a process that took
several hundred years.

The birth of Mercury signalled the beginning
of the end of cosmic chaos. It was as though a cosmic elastic band
snapped allowing the planets to move away from the Earth to settle
into relatively stable orbits around the Sun. Mercury and Venus
became the first and second rocks from the Sun respectively, while
Earth was third and Mars was fourth leaving the Moon to become
Earth's permanent companion.

Having proposed a sequential order of events, I will now prove that
this information was recorded by our ancestors and is staring us in
the face via ancient history .

You may be wondering where these events were recorded.

Where is it written that Mars and Venus visited Earth numerous times
to dominate the heavens for thousands of years?

Where does it say that this original divine couple were later joined
by Mercury and the Moon?

The key to cosmic chaos lies with one of the most awe inspiring
civilisations – the ancient Egyptians. It is centred on the
pinnacle of Egyptian society, the divine monarchy of ancient Egypt
– the god kings or ‘living gods'. This is the crux of the
theory.

The God King Scenario (GKS) proposes that in the first instance the
monarchs of ancient Egypt were guises of the planets Mars, Venus,
Mercury and the Moon each and every time they visited Earth; in the
second instance they were represented on Earth via human doubles (kas)
who were considered to be ‘at one' with these bodies.

The Egyptians deified everything from simple phenomena such as
moisture (Tefnut) to our perennial Sun (Re) and the stars inhabiting
the night sky. The planets in chaos were no exception. Mars and
Venus, who were later joined by the Moon and Mercury, entered into
hundreds of encounters with Earth. Each time they approached Earth,
they were perceived as divine entities.

Yet these were not immortal, cosmological deities like the sun god
Re, or the mothering goddesses Hathor and Isis. The planet-gods were
mortal and became ‘living gods' as they approached Earth, only to
die as they moved away to become gigantic stars. This was a
temporary death before they were transported to the next world which
was believed to be a very real, physical firmament above. The
Egyptians simply called it Upper Egypt.

Although the planets were mortal, in the hierarchy of the divine
cosmos they were awarded the second-highest accolade (the first
being immortal godship). They were considered ‘divine' kings and
queens sent down from heaven by universal gods to rule the Earth.
They lived, died, fought great battles and performed wonderful acts
as the true royal family of ancient Egypt .

In this male dominated world, Mars, Mercury and the Moon were
perceived as ‘warrior' kings while Venus was regarded as the
perennial ‘passive' queen or king's ‘great wife'. Mars, Mercury
and the Moon ventured closer to Earth than Venus. Their location saw
them take on the distinctly male trait of vanquishing incalculable
amounts of space debris while Venus, a beautiful and loyal queen,
watched from afar.

The Falcon-god Horus can be traced back to the dynastic period
around 3100 BC and is one of the most famous gods of ancient Egypt.
Usually depicited as a hawk or as a man with the head of a hawk,
Horus was not only a god of the sky but the embodiment of divine
kingship and protector of the reigning pharoah. Gradually the cult
of other hawk gods merged with that of Horus, and a complex array of
myths became associated with him.

The pharaohs reigned over Earth for varying lengths of time which
accurately paralleled the chronological and historical record. When
they dominated the heavens and ruled the Earth as the incarnation of
the god Horus, they were given the familiar names and titles we
recognise today:

Ramesses the Great, Tutankhamun, and Akhenaten were names given to
Mars.

Tuthmosis III (‘Napoleon' of ancient Egypt ) and Horemheb were
names given to the Moon.

Nefertiti, Nefertari, Hatshepsut and Cleopatra were names given to
Venus.

Mercury (core of Mars) was initially born as a golden ‘second Sun'
(‘disk of the Sun') referred to by the Egyptians as the Aten.

After a short period of time, Mercury joined the divine royal
bloodline of pharonic kings. One of the names given to pharaonic
Mercury was Seti after Seth, the god of chaos.

This is just a sample of pharonic names – there were over 170
known pharaohs and just as many queens. They were first and foremost
names given to planets sent down by the gods to rule the Earth. As
such, they were all guises of planetary bodies which inhabited the
skies some 4,000 years ago.

While the planets were deified as the true god-kings and queens of
ancient Egypt, the incalculable amounts of space debris such as
asteroids, comets, dust and gasses were also observed and deified.
The larger chunks of rock and debris orbiting close to and around
the astral monarchy were regarded as nobles, concubines, priests,
priestesses, viziers, scribes, fan bearers, overseers and other
dignitaries. The remaining space debris was perceived as the vile
enemy of the monarchy and of Egypt.

The evil debris threatened to blot out the Sun (Re) and bring the
universe into chaos (Seth). It was the role of the warrior
god-king-planets of Mars, Mercury & the Moon to maintain ‘divine
order' (ma'at) by ‘battling' up the space debris in an attempt to
keep death and darkness and chaos at bay. This was a perennial
conflict between good and evil that lasted for the duration of
pharonic Egypt. Ironically, it was the godly planets that created
the enemy in the first place.

We need to look among the dust, gasses and other solar phenomena to
find the true ‘physical' identity of many of the mythical ‘sky-gods'
who played such a prominent role in the lives of the ancient
Egyptians. Sky gods such as Amun, Horus, Osiris, Seth, Isis and
Hathor were not fictitious gods invented to explain the natural
world; they were real, physical gods attributable to phenomena
created as a result of cosmic chaos. These ‘sky-gods' are no
longer visible because chaos has now subsided and the phenomena
attributed to certain deities is no longer visible.

The exploits of the ‘astral monarchs' were meticulously recorded
in the glorious images and ‘sacred' hieroglyphs adorning tombs and
temple walls throughout pharonic Egypt . Every hieroglyph and image
pointed to a time when the planets Mars and Venus (and later Mercury
and the Moon) dominated the heavens as pharonic kings and queens.
Scared carvings (hieroglyphs) provided details of their births,
deaths, legendary ‘sky' battles, marriages, coronations, elaborate
state visits and their interaction with the universal sky gods. They
also recorded the actions and movements of the planets as well as
3,000 years of cosmic chaos and have virtually no connection with
events on Earth.

If the true pharaohs were guises given to planetary bodies, how can
the remains of numerous Pharaohs, queens and other royal dignitaries
be found in the Cairo Museum? The reason is that these were mortal
‘doubles' – humans chosen to be at one with astral bodies (kas)
to represent and interpret the will of the planetary gods. They were
believed to be the incarnation of divine astral kings and queens.

According to ancient Egyptian custom, when a planet descended from
heaven, it was perceived as a god-king of Earth. It was believed
that such bodies were transposed entities of royalty and a human
king was chosen to be ‘at one' with and act as a human
manifestation of this planet. Each and every time a planet visited
Earth it was represented with a human double. The Egyptians believed
that everyone was born with an astral Ka (double) or soul - a real
physical double. They would eventually unite at death to undertake a
perilous journey to a life of eternity among the stars (akh). This
belief is of paramount importance and should be taken face value.

As the human manifestation of astral bodies, the mortal kings and
queens played no part in celestial events but were mere puppets to a
far higher order. The true ‘rulers of everything encircled by the
Sun' were the planetary ‘god-kings.' They literally held the power
of life and death in their hands and their very location deemed them
intermediaries between heaven and Earth – gods among gods. These
kingly planets had a direct line to the sky gods whereas the mortal
Egyptians only followed and recorded the doctrine of Heaven. Using
‘sacred hieroglyphs' the Egyptians meticulously carved the
life-history of their astral kings and queens. This is the history
that is staring us in the face!

The implications of my proposal are incredible. In effect I am
proposing to rewrite history. With the current paradigm set in
stone, I realise that I have a daunting task ahead of me covering
many disciplines. However, the beauty of this theory is that I will
be using accepted and recorded history to prove it. Mythology, which
most catastrophists use to promote their ideas, will barely be
mentioned.

I have provided a brief overview of the God King Scenario. I contend
that the divine monarchy, the god kings of ancient times, were
primarily names given to large planetary red orbs that dominated our
skies only 4,000 years ago. The God King Scenario will serve as an
umbrella title for a series of books in support of my thesis. I now
present An Ancient World in Chaos which is the first book in the
series.

An Ancient World in Chaos provides an overview of the entire
scenario. Using simple logic and basic reasoning, I will turn
history upside-down by using the most fascinating of ancient
civilisations – Egypt . I will show conclusively how planetary
chaos is staring us in the face via ancient history. I will take the
history of this great nation and transfer it to the heavens just as
the Egyptians understood it. I will demonstrate that the whole of
pharonic Egypt was a period when the planets Mars, Venus, Mercury
and the Moon (and space debris) played havoc with the Earth.

The legacy of cosmic chaos spans from the birth of civilization at
around 3100 BC through to the birth of Christ. Scholars have looked
for the answers to the mysteries of the past at ground level instead
of listening to the ancient Egyptians and looking to the skies. A
new world dawns in the heavens filled with astral kings and queens
who lived and died and interacted with a myriad of enigmatic
deities. This is the world of celestial pharonic Egypt and cosmic
chaos.

Tuthmosis (Moon) ... “Son of Ra, of his body, his beloved
Tuthmosis, shining like Ra….."

Hatshepsut (Venus) ... "Live the Horus: Wosretkew; Favorite of
the Two Goddesses; Fresh in Years; Golden Horus: Divine of Diadems;
splendid part of her father, Amon-Ra, lord of heaven, who has not
been far removed from the father of all gods, shining in brightness
like the Horizon-God she illuminates like the sun (Ra), vivifying
the hearts of the people, who is exalted in name so that it hath
reached heaven."

Why are such 'shining' traits ignored by scholars? Am I the only one
prepared to question these distinctly abnormal qualities apparently
given to humans? Am I the only one listening the Ancient Egyptians?
These ‘sacred' inscriptions are clearly alluding to celestial
bodies - planetary bodies shone like the sun and as a result were
naturally deemed as ‘offspring of Ra' .

The God King Scenario (GKS) deems that the monarchy of ancient
Egypt were first and foremost names given to primarily Mars, Venus,
Mercury and the Moon as they repeatedly moved back and forth to
Earth in cosmic encounters lasting 3,000 years (Pharaonic Egypt) –
they were in the second instant represented here on earth, numerous
times over, by people who believed they were ‘at one’ with said
bodies.

Crucial to this extraordinary proposition is the Egyptian belief
that when they were born two exact forms of the same person were
created, one human and a double or ka as the Egyptians called it.

The
GKS contends that the Egyptian ka (double) was not an invisible ‘spirit’
or ‘soul’ as per the conventional belief but personified
planets, asteroids and comets that dominated ancient skies. Further,
these celestial kas in the guise of god kings, divine queens and
lesser dignitaries are primarily responsible for ancient history as
it stands today (& the chronological mess its in!). With this in
mind, what follows is a short essay discussing how the entire ‘duality
concept’ worked and where it is clearly written down in history.
It is the intention of the GKS to extract the Egyptian ka, and
indeed the whole belief system surrounding it, from a mythological
world and place in a very real world of chaos.

Resurrectionists.

The
Egyptians were resurrectionists; they believed that when they died
they would be reborn as a star (akh) in the ‘kingdom of Osiris.’
They viewed the next world as a continuation of this one, a very
real place where they could literally get up and go. Because Egypt
was mainly agrarian, they believed the Hearafter was a place where
they would spend their time farming. Many tomb paintings and papyri
typically depicted the deceased wearing white loincloths or full
length white attire; they were shown carrying out activities such as
hacking up the Earth, pulling flax, reaping grain and ploughing or
reaping the fields (Fig 1).

In preparation for the afterlife the Egyptians ensured a variety of
Earthly possessions were buried with them. For example, the funerary
items buried with the boy king Tutankhamun included a gold gilded
wood chariot, gold daggers, sandals, a board game, a gold perfume
box and food items such as mummified duck, dried beef, wheat, barley
and wine. A total of 3,500 items were recovered and all were
considered useful in the next world.

In order to attain a life
in the ‘elysian fields,’ the body of the deceased had to be
mummified; an elaborate process that took 70 days. The sole reason
for mummification was to preserve the body so that the deceased
could spend eternity in the next life. The Egyptians believed if you
were not physically preserved in this world you would not exist in
the next world. You would not be resurrected as a star (akh) or
remain for eternity. If the deceased had a limb missing in this
life, an artificial one was made and attached to the mummified body
to enable the deceased to walk again in the afterlife.

To obtain a
life of bliss and become a star/akh in the next world involved a
hazardous journey fraught with incredible dangers and demons. To
assist the deceased through these dangers, magical spells (the Book
of the Dead) accompanied the dead; they were typically written on
the coffins of the dead or on papyri and placed inside the coffins.

Fig 1 Typical afterlife scene

Where is the next world?

Much of what we know about ancient Egypt comes to us via the
Egyptians obsession with the next world, but where is it? Where is
this bigger and better Egypt?

Scholars believe it was a fictitious place which existed in the
mythological world of the Egyptians; a made-up place created in
minds of the Egyptians to explain what happened to them after death.
I disagree with this reasoning.

I believe the next world was a ‘mirror image’ world which
existed directly above the Earth and to the Egyptians it was a very
real place, a divine land they could physically see and point to
especially at night. It was a paradise that spanned the expanse of
the cosmos and literally canopied the four corners of the Earth. It
was a land all Egyptians who after undertaking a journey fraught
with dangers (cosmic chaos) aspired to be reborn in, it was the land
of space (Kemet = black land).

Of course, there is no land above. We know, after 4,000 years of
science, that the stars shine against the backdrop of space and that
space reaches out to infinity. The Egyptians, however, did not
possess this scientific information and their outlook was childlike.
It is this naivety which led the Egyptians (and indeed all ancient
cultures) to believe that existing just beyond the blackness of
space was a real, physical landmass.

A vast universal dome shaped firmament roofing the earth.

Fig 2 Djed pillar

It is actually very easy to see the land above, it
requires little effort, merely walking outside on a clear night,
adopting a childlike outlook (something I’m good at) and looking
up. A common sense notion soon reveals a seemingly flat unmovable
earth and a sky that canopies or stretches out over it - heaven
appears as a hemispherical dome (or hammered out bowl) covering the
Earth. This is exactly how the ancients viewed it only with one
major difference, the dome of heaven, space itself was perceived as
a rigid cosmic land that literally canopied the fours corners of the
Earth. It was held up by four cosmic posts symbolised by the
Egyptian Djed pillar (fig 2). What we have here is two lands and
since one was up and the other down the Egyptians called them the
‘two lands’ of Upper and Lower Egypt.

The ‘two lands’ of Upper and Lower Egypt = heaven and earth

The conventional definition of the ‘two lands,’ Upper and Lower
Egypt is that it represents a geological north-south divide i.e. we
have an invisible east-west line drawn somewhere near Cairo and the
land to the south is called Upper Egypt and to the north (Delta) we
have Lower Egypt. In my book I take this apparent set in stone
premise apart by asking questions such as; the Nile River flows from
south to north and naturally forms two great east and west land
masses - how can this be ignored in favour of a invisible line drawn
somewhere near Cairo? I further go on to discuss how the
'unification of the two lands' - the very foundation upon which
Egypt was built (& ancient history) has nothing at all to do
with the amalgamation of a 'invisible' north-south divide but was a
planetary body in the guise of numerous pharaohs appearing to
traverse between the 'two lands' of heaven and Earth, thus uniting
them. In support of this I ask some very basic questions such as -
why after unification did the symbolism (crowns etc.) of the two
lands remain – why not one unified Egypt - one set of unified
symbols? Why after unification were the kings depicted individually
wearing either the white crown of Upper Egypt or the red crown of
Lower Egypt? Why not show unity by wearing the double crown (shmty)
at all times? Answer; the separate symbolism (and references)
remained because even though the pharaonic planets carried out their
duty to maintain 'divine order' (ma'at) by battling the forces of
evil and uniting the 'two lands' - Upper and Lower Egypt were always
two separate land masses. Of course there is much more to this, for
further arguments for and against I refer you to my book and for
now, we will take the premise that Upper and Lower Egypt, the ‘two
lands’ were indeed referring to heaven and earth.

Upper Egypt – a dual world – as above, so below.

Upper Egypt should not be seen as the land of the dead, far from it,
it was a parallel world coexisting alongside our Earthly world. Very
much a vibrant land of the living as time itself followed the same
day night cycle on earth. In taking up an intermediate location
between the ‘two lands,’ this role fell to the perennial sun god
Re. One sun inextricably linked the two parallel worlds - dawn on
Earth was dawn above, daytime on Earth was daytime above, dusk on
Earth was dusk above and night was night in both lands. The Sun was
the perennial life-supporting orb which shone on the two kingdoms of
Upper and Lower Egypt.

We need look no further than Re’s epithets to confirm not only the
existence of the two worlds but also Re’s role in illuminating,
and in his perpetual existence, seemingly protecting them.

‘Illuminator of the two lands’
‘Lord of the two lands is Re.’ (an apt title also given to the
pharaohs)
‘Powerful is Re protector of the two lands.’

Many authors have proposed this ‘as above, so below’ concept,
and Egyptologists are fully aware of the Egyptians concept of
duality. I take this one step further and give the whole thing real
physical presence. I would ask the question, would the ancient
Egyptians be so obsessed with, and put so much of the nation’s
resources into a duel world they couldn’t physically see?

How to get to this land

Having given real physical presence to the next world and identified
it as Upper Egypt a world coexisting with this one, we can now turn
our attention into getting there. This is where we get to the crux
of the GKS and the bonding of mortals with astral bodies.

The physical body, the ka, ba and akh

The Egyptians believed
each individual person was made up of many parts; the physical body,
the ka, the ba, the akh, the name and the shadow. With a childlike
outlook on the cosmos, it is easy to understand why the Egyptians
believed that the shadows we cast have a spiritual existence. Our
shadow is always with us and to a certain extent it appears to watch
over us and protect us eternally. It was also reasonable for this
ancient culture to believe a person’s name was vital regarding the
afterlife. They believed that simply mentioning the name of the
deceased brought that person to life. However, of greater importance
was the ba, ka akh and the physical body. If we consider these we
will understand how humans were ‘paired’ with astral bodies.

Scholars do not understand the ka, ba and akh, or anything
connected to the ‘soul.’ They cannot grasp how and why the
Egyptians came to the belief that each person consisted of so many
‘spiritual’ parts. They are also at a loss to explain the true
purpose and role of each part or ‘soul’. They assume the entire
spiritual concept is yet another aspect of a totally bewildering
world.‘

The precise meaning of ka, ba, ach (akh),`shm (sekhem) and
so on is no longer clear to us. Well-meaning scholars try again and
again and again to force the Egyptian idea of the soul into our
traditional categories without enabling us to understand even a
little of it any better.’ (Poortman, 1978)

I will offer a very simple and plausible explanation for the roles
of the ba, ka and akh based solely on the convictions of the ancient
Egyptians and the real world of celestial chaos.

Physical body

The physical body was very important. As resurrectionists, the
Egyptians believed they would simply ‘get up and go’ in the next
world’. It was therefore necessary to keep a person’s earthly
form intact which is why the Egyptians mummified the dead.
The ‘ka’

Fig 3 The God Khnum

The ka was the physical ‘double’ – it came
into existence the moment a person was born. On many occasions the
creator-god Khnum was shown modelling the ka on a potter’s wheel
at the same time as he was forming the body of a human (fig 3).

In funerary art, a persons ‘double’ or ka was sometimes depicted
as a slightly smaller figure standing behind the living being. When
an individual died, the ka continued to live and as such required
the same sustenance as the living person required in life. For this
reason it was provided with genuine food offerings, or with
representations of food depicted on the wall of the tomb. While not
physically eating the food offerings, the ka was thought to absorb
their preserving life force.

Fig 4 Ka Symbol

Many tombs and temples had false doors and these
were west-orientated and served as a link between the living and the
dead. Offerings were typically made to the ka before the false
doors. After death, the ka was ‘at rest’ whilst the body was
prepared and mummified. The ka was then reactivated so that the
spiritual transformation of rebirth in the ‘next world’ could
take place. The deceased then travelled to join their ka and by
doing so, the link to the next-world through their tomb was
established. The ka was represented as a hieroglyph consisting of a
pair of arms pointing upwards. It was believed the two outstretched
arms magically warded off evil forces (Fig 4).

Giving physical identity to the ‘ka’

Fig 5 Ka of King Hor

As discussed, 4,000 years ago the whole solar system was engulfed
in space debris; the skies of Earth were dominated by kingly planets
and littered with incalculable amounts of asteroids and comets of
various shapes and sizes. The Egyptians regarded the planets, stars,
asteroids and comets as real beings. They were not lumps of rock or
dirty snowballs (asteroids and comets) as we know them, but real
living, breathing individuals. They were also perceived to be
physical ‘doubles’ of people living on Earth – they were the
kas of the Egyptians.

Herein lies the key to understanding the Egyptian idea of the ‘soul’
and the entire ‘double’ concept. From the Egyptian perspective,
a ka was not an individual being living a separate life in another
world or dimension; it was not a spiritual part of a human as with
our understanding of ‘soul.’ It was a real astral ‘twin’ or
stellar ‘double’ living a parallel existence, totally ‘at one’
with humans.

Hatshepsut

The following is taken from Queen Hatshepsut’s mortuary
temple at Deir el-Bahri. It is a request from Amun to Khnum for the
creation of Hatshepsut and her ka.

‘Amen-Ra called for Khnum, the creator, the fashioner of the
bodies of men.’

'Fashion for me the body of my daughter and the body of her ka,’
said Amen-Ra, ‘A great queen shall I make of her, and honour and
power shall be worthy of her dignity and glory.’
‘O Amen-Ra,’ answered Khnum, ‘It shall be done as you have
said. The beauty of your daughter shall surpass that of the gods and
shall be worthy of her dignity and glory.’

‘So Khnum fashioned the body of Amen-Ra's daughter and the body of
her ka, the two forms exactly alike and more beautiful than the
daughters of men. He fashioned them of clay with the air of his
potter's wheel and Heqet, goddess of birth, knelt by his side
holding the sign of life towards the clay that the bodies of
Hatshepsut and her ka might be filled with the breath of life.’
(My bold emphasis)

This is a perfect example of the god Khnum simultaneously creating
two exact forms of the same person; the god Khnum fashioned two
identical Hatshepsut’s – one human and the other her ka or
celestial ‘double.’ In this particular case it was a guise of
the planet Venus (the majority of queens were guises of Venus). In
other words this was a guise of Venus plus a mortal representative.

Traits dictating roles.

The behavioural traits of these bodies dictated their roles and how
they were perceived and this was drawn from the natural world. For
example, rocky bodies orbiting around the monarchy were viewed as
members of the royal court, fan bearers, scribes, overseers,
concubines or right-hand men. The legions of rocks trailing behind
Mars were the rank and file soldiers of the king. ‘Shaven headed’
moons that orbited Earth were seen as the ‘all powerful’ priests
of Egypt. The skies of earth were teeming with masses of cometary
bodies and all were paired with or perceived to be the kas of
humans. This included the enemy forces – the swarms of debris that
smashed into the god kings were ‘doubles’ of the enemy on Earth.

It was not possible for each and every person to associate with
their respective double - size was the determining factor here.
Mortal kings, queens, courtiers, priests and other dignitaries could
make a connection easily due to their association with the
dominating planets, moons and other large bodies. However, commoners
were associated with asteroids and comets and, because of their
relatively small size, it was difficult to identify their respective
kas. Nevertheless, all Egyptians vehemently believed in a ‘double’
above due to a belief brought about by cosmic chaos and a sky
crowded with infinite bodies. We can see the celestial ka at work
from the following inscriptions, all taken from the translations of
J H Breasted.

"That which the ka does, is to reign," the phrase is not
uncommon for royalty.
"All protection, life, stability, satisfaction, all health, are
behind him, like Re. The living king's-ka, Lord of the Two Lands...
"
"Praise to thy ka, 0 good and beautiful ruler... "
"They were immediately brought before the Good God (Ramesses
II), their hands uplifted to his ka, acclaiming and smelling the
earth before his beautiful face."
"May he grant life, prosperity and health to the ka of the
king's-messenger to every country..."
"May he grant favor to the ka of the fan-bearer on the king's
right hand, king's-son of Kush, governor of south countries, Seti."
"May the ka of Pharaoh, L. P. H., thy good lord, favor thee,
who caused thee to fashion the statue of Ramses VI..."
"May the ka of Ramses IX favor thee, the great ruler of Egypt,
the beloved child of all the gods, because of the completion of
every work!"
"His majesty sailed down-stream to the Northland, while the
west and the east made great jubilee, saying: "Welcome is thy
coming, and welcome thy ka! To sustain alive the Two Lands."

Transitional location.

Although existing above, a ‘double’ occupied a totally separate
location to the divine stars. Stars dwelt in Upper Egypt which was
the divine firmament whereas ‘doubles’ occupied an intermediate
or transitional location somewhere between the ‘two lands’ (Fig
9 bottom of the page). This, from the perspective of Earth, was
roughly the same location as the ruling planets, the Sun and many of
Egypt’s enigmatic ‘sky gods.’ In effect, there were three
basic locations and all of them were perceived to be inhabited by
real beings. Lower Egypt or Earth was home to humans, an
intermediate region was occupied by human ‘doubles,’ and Upper
Egypt or the ‘land above’ was home to the complete and eternal
form of humans, the ‘all powerful’ stars. In simple terms there
were two lands, one up one down, and an intermediate space
in-between.

Although further research is required, I believe
that by occupying the intermediate space, all Egyptian ‘doubles’
were involved with pharaoh’s court.

Thutmose III: The Napata Stela.

"He shall be at the head of all the kas of the living."

"He does it so that life will be given (him). He (Tuthmosis
= Moon) shall be at the head of the kas of all the living, appearing
glorious as king of Upper and Lower Egypt on the throne of Horus
like Re." (note; "like Re," RED orbs just like the
RED sun).

They took on roles such as viziers, overseers, fan bearers and
foot soldiers and did not undertake agrarian tasks such as farming.
Unlike Upper and Lower Egypt which were fixed lands where ploughing,
sowing, reaping and harvesting took place, the intermediate space
was not a firmament. It resembled a magical ‘transitional’
space; a world where pharaohs rode chariots of gold and electrum and
where cosmic battles were fought (the wars and battles of the
pharaohs). It was a place of activity where evil (Seth) was an
ever-present threat.

Life in the intermediate space was precarious
and restless for all kas and this was in total contrast to the
lifestyle of the divine Egyptians who had reached ‘heaven’ and
who enjoyed a peaceful existence. Here ordinary Egyptians enjoyed
more leisurely activities such as hunting and farming. This was
recorded in the glorious afterlife scenes painted on the tomb walls
of the ordinary Egyptians (Fig 1). Royalty were an exception and
upon ‘rebirth’ in the ‘elysian fields,’ the pharaohs could
take on any form they chose.

Despite the possibility of taking on slightly different roles,
humans and their ‘doubles’ coexisted simultaneously; one existed
on Earth and the other inhabited the transition world above.
However, at death a person united with their ka to journey to the
land above.

The ‘ba’

Fig 6 The ba bird transferring ones personality

The ba was considered to be an individual’s distinctive
manifestation similar to our concept of personality. It comprised
all non-physical attributes which made a human unique. It was the
entire deceased person with its own identity and was not separate
from the body. In Ptolemaic and Roman times it was said of the
deceased: ‘May his ba live before Osiris.’ The ba was depicted
as a human headed bird (the head of the deceased) with human arms
and the ba-bird could assume whatever shape it wished.

Having identified the ka, the ba is self explanatory. It was
necessary for the deceased to journey from their tomb to unite with
their ka if they were to be transformed into an akh (star). As the
physical body could not do this, it was the job of the individual’s
ba to do this. After death, the ba-bird collected the deceased’s
personality from the mummified remains and took it to be reunited
with the deceased’s physical astral ‘twin.’ Only after this
union, when a person was ‘complete,’ was it possible for them to
be reborn as an ‘effective one’ in the ‘next world,’ the ‘black
land’ of space. Fig 6 depicts a persons ba in the process of
transferring its personality from the deceased for a union with its
ka.

Although this point was not entirely clear, it is possible that the
process of transferring one’s ‘manifestation’ took time, with
the ba flitting between the mummified remains and the ka to ensure
every aspect of its humanity was transferred to its ‘double’
above. It was therefore helpful for the perfectly persevered body to
lie in state in its tomb. This gave the ba-bird plenty of time to
relocate every aspect of the deceased person’s personality as it
carried out its duty. This time-span was probably adopted from
observations of Mars as it was slowly wrapped in white linen (like a
spiral galaxy) as it moved away from Earth. Mummification and the
wrapping of acres of linen bandages around the deceased invented as
a direct result of such observations (The black jackal headed god
Anubis coming into play here).

The bird form was chosen because of its ability to navigate land,
sea, air and space, although the Egyptians were unaware that space
was devoid of air. They believed that conditions above were similar
to those on Earth, particularly in relation to Upper Egypt which was
exactly the same as Earth, only better. The Egyptians believed all
astral bodies were living kas. After death, it made sense to use the
ba-bird as a manifestation of oneself to provide a direct link to
ones ka. Dying was referred to as going to one's ka .

Once the ba and ka were united and the astral ‘twin’ was ‘complete’,
a final journey to the ‘next world’ was undertaken. This was a
journey fraught with dangers as the body traveled from a chaotic
intermediate location to the relative tranquility of heaven. Chaos
posed an ever-present threat in the transitional location and
Egyptians therefore needed assistance. Magical funerary spells and
amulets were used to help guarantee a safe passage. Known as the ‘Book
of the Dead,’ spells were written on papyri and placed in coffins
or were put in magical amulets and wrapped in mummy bandages. Much
time and resources were spent assisting the dead to the ‘next
world’ where they were transformed into the ultimate form – that
of an immortal akh.

The akh (star)

Fig 7 becoming a star

The akh was the fully resurrected and glorified form of the deceased
in the next world. An akh was regarded as enduring and unchanging
for all eternity and it was the goal of every Egyptian to become
one. The word akh means an ‘effective one’ or ‘powerful one.’
The Egyptians believed the imperishable stars were akhs, the
ancestors of those who had passed before them. Once a person had
successfully become an akh they could guide their loved ones on
Earth. It was believed that the akh could reach beyond the limits of
the afterlife to have both positive and negative effects in the
realm of the mortal world. Fig 7 clearly depicts the whole process
of becoming a star.

Below are typical Egyptian stars to be found on many tomb ceilings
(Fig 8). This is a very unusual way to draw a star, this is because
it represents the limbs and head of a human being i.e. two arms, two
legs and the head.

Fig 8 Stars - transposed Egyptians, real people.

It always surprises me that the Egyptian belief in
the transformation of humans into stars after death is brushed aside
as a bizarre belief which cannot be explained. Yet this belief
provides invaluable information – the Egyptians were not only
showing themselves transposed as stars, but they were also revealing
the location of their ‘next world.’ This was the hemispherical
blackness of space which canopied the four corners of Earth. It was
the ‘next world’ which all ancient cultures were obsessed with
and which all aspired to be reborn in.

The meaning of akh as ‘effective one’ or ‘powerful one’
should be regarded as a descriptive name or title. This is because,
although the name refers to the stars above, they were individual
humans and each maintained their own distinct personalities and
individual names. These were the traits and names given to them
while they were on Earth.

In summary

Fig 9

This is the world as seen through Egyptian eyes. The Egyptians
believed that at birth, two of them were created - an earthly form
and a sky double or ka which dwelt in the intermediate space between
heaven and Earth - Upper and Lower Egypt. After they died, and by
means of the ba bird transferring their personality, the earthly
form would unite with its astral double to undertake a final and
hazardous journey to a very real firmament above. Here a life of
immortality was attained among the stars. This entire afterlife ‘next
world’ belief was a direct result of planetary bodies, in the
guise of god kings, traversing between our ‘flat’ Earth and the
hemispherical dome of heaven.

To my knowledge at least two major religions, Catholicism and
Islam hold the same basic ‘dual' belief i.e. when a person is born
two entities of the same person are created, the physical form and a
‘soul,' and after death, as with the Egyptians, a union takes
place enabling the completed form to attain a life immortal in the
‘heavens.'

Here we have direct borrowings from early Egyptian beliefs only eons
of time has seen the understanding of ‘ka' or ‘soul' and indeed
heaven itself to become lost. Planetary bodies no longer move back
and forth between two fixed lands, cosmic chaos has all but
subsided; the gods have retreated and left mankind to fend for
himself – astral doubles or ‘souls' are now an invisible force,
a spiritual life form and science has now deemed the ‘black land'
( kemet ) above to have infinite qualities, it is no longer a bowl
shaped firmament covering the earth – both 'heaven' and 'soul' are
now truly in the eye and mind of the beholder.

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The catastrophism theories in Immanuel
Velikovsky's 1950s book World in Collision have been
vigorously rejected or ignored by the academic community. Yet
setting aside the finer details of what happened and when, is
it possible that Velikovsky was correct in his basic premise
of recent upheaval in the solar system? Is it feasible that
Mars and Venus came close to the Earth only a few thousand
years ago, causing global disturbances?

Gary Gilligan thinks so, and in furthering
Velikovsky's work he presents a fascinating model whereby
Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon played havoc with Earth for
an incredible 3000 years. In this fascinating book, he
discusses how these bodies moved back and forth to Earth
numerous times and came so close as to loom larger than the
Sun.

Incredible claims, but under no illusion, this is
not just another "wacky" theory in support of
planetary chaos, for unlike Velikovsky Gilligan steers clear
of the surreal stuff of mythology, the means which most
catastrophists use to promote their ideas. He uses ancient
history to prove his thesis.

Delving into the most fascinating civilisations
of ancient times, the Ancient Egyptians, this book presents
the the most outrageous and incredible proposal that the
Egyptian God Kings, the Pharaohs, were first and foremost
names given to Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon as they moved
back and forth to Earth in a constant cycle of death and
rebirth. They were in the second instance represented here on
Earth via human 'doubles' - human pharaohs who were believed
to be 'at one' with celestial God King planets.

If correct, this book has the potential to change
the course of history.

From the Author

Overwhelming support for my synopsis 'The God
King Scenario' (GKS) comes to us via the archaeological
evidence, more specifically the lack of it, as follows...

In the face of the many hundreds of military
expeditions carried out by the Pharaohs archaeologists have
been unable to verify ANY of the events recounted in Egyptian
records. This situation exists even though the location of
Egypt's numerous conflicts are known. We would expect to find
the remains of swords, arrow heads, battle axes, chariot
parts, amour, and more importantly battle-scarred human
remains or mass graves. However, there is a distinct lack of
archaeological evidence and no data to support the existence
of ancient battlefields. Upon close scrutiny, it becomes very
obvious that the wars and battles of the kings exist in
`sacred' words alone - that is of course, unless we look up
and take into account the GKS.

When I first heard about planets in chaos and
Gary Gilligan's method of using ancient history to answer
ancient mysteries, I assumed it was just another wacky book
concerned with the proverbial little green men from outer
space. How wrong I was! I have always been interested in
astronomy, and in fact I am studying for an MSc in Science at
the current time of writing (2007). I mention this fact not
because of any feeling of self-importance, but merely to
explain my relevance in providing a foreword for this book. I
believe Gilligan's theory, and indeed this book, is
well-researched and extremely well-written. It certainly
deserves to be studied seriously and acknowledged by academia
worldwide.

We are all certainly familiar with the monsters,
dragons, demons, gods and goddesses that ‘ruled' the ancient
world, but perhaps we have all made the same mistake of
assuming they were simply fictitious creatures - mythical gods
created as part of ancient folklore to excite and control the
populace whilst providing answers to the mysteries of the
universe, the meaning of life etc.

However, what if such creatures were inspired by
a real world dominated by cosmic chaos and authentic god king
planets who visited Earth repeatedly for an incredible 3,000
years. According to ‘An Ancient World in Chaos', this is
exactly what did happen over the past millenia. Mars and Venus
visited Earth numerous times to dominate the heavens for
thousands of years and were later joined by Mercury and the
Moon? Gilligan's theory also explains that cosmic chaos
resulted in a diminished sun which in itself is such a
revelation and explains so many enigmas that I can't believe I
didn't think of it myself! It ties in exactly with ancient
history and elucidates numerous conunrums that other scholars
of Egyptology have completely failed to grasp.

Yet you may be wondering where it is written that
cosmic chaos actually occurrerd throughout history? Where are
the epic tales of god kings visiting Earth or the heroic
fables of explosive battles among the panets? The key lies
with one of the most fascinating and awe inspiring
civilisations of antiquity - the ancient Egyptians and their
‘sacred hieroglyphs'.

It is ironic that, with the wealth of information
available to us regarding this culture, we understand little
about the world of the ancient Egyptians. Yet it is is
essential that we fully understand this fascinating world if
we are to truly make sense of our ancient forebears and their
myriad of deities. And that is exactly what this book does. It
is a work that is both fascinating and intriguing and will
appeal to all who are interested in Egyptology, astronomy,
science, history, ancient mythology, archaeology, physics,
anthropology or just plain human nature.

In this first book in the series, ‘An Ancient
World in Chaos', we trace the period from the birth of
civilization to the birth of Christ which is the legacy of
cosmic chaos. We are also introduced to the incalculable
amounts of debris created by planetary chaos and the way in
which this debris was dieified by ancient Egyptians. Gilligan
is frank in his admiration for the Egyptian civilisation, yet
he is always totally loyal to the actual facts and refuses to
overlook (or cover up!) inconveniences which don't fit in with
his proposals, something which cannot always be said of other
experts.

As the series unfolds, we will uncover the
mysteries of over 3,000 years of ancient history. But please
note - this is NOT a book based on mythology and it is
important to make this point clear from the outset. The series
is based firmly on facts as provided by ancient historical
documents and artefacts. These stories were faithfully
recorded via ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and explain the very
origins of this people.

Gary Gilligan's series celebrates the spirit of a
unique land and his great anthology must be read by anyone
interested in the great tradition of Egyptian history and
literature. It evokes a portrait of a land with all the
associated beauties and horrors that formed the lives of its
people, from common folk to monarchy. It reflects the feel and
atmosphere of the age in which these tales of mythology and
ancient lore were first told and provides a vivid portrait of
this once great land.